A building from Paradise Unified School was burned down in Paradise as seen from Pearson Rd.
The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. These are the ruins from a school building on Pearson Road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight)(Photo: Hung T. Vu)Buy Photo

The death toll in the devastating Camp Fire grew to 23 on Saturday, as authorities confirmed they had recovered the bodies of 14 more victims.

The new figure makes the 105,000-acre Camp Fire the second deadliest wildfire in California history. Only the Tunnel-Oakland Hills Fire killed more people. Twenty-five people died in that 1991 inferno.

Four victims were found Saturday in Concow. Two of them were inside homes and two were trapped in cars. The bodies of 10 victims were found in Paradise. Seven were inside homes and three were outside, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said.

"I know that members of our community who are missing loved ones are anxious, and I know that the news of us recovering bodies has to be disconcerting," Honea said. "I will tell you, we are doing everything we possibly can to identify those remains and make contact with the next of kin."

His somber announcement came as the community braced for winds to pick up again Saturday night, possibly pushing the blaze toward Oroville and other small Butte County communities.

Wind gusts of up to 50 mph are expected through Monday morning in the higher elevations, while in the lower elevations, they will be up to 30 mph.

The wildfire, which had already been blamed for killing nine people and injuring three firefighters, virtually destroyed the city of Paradise. It is California's most destructive wildfire in modern history. Containment remains at 20 percent.

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The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight)(Photo: Hung T. Vu)

On Friday, five of the first nine fatal victims were discovered trapped inside cars while trying to escape the flames. Another three people were found dead outside residences and one victim was inside a home.

Honea again on Saturday warned of the possibility more fatalities will be discovered in the Camp Fire. He said family members of people reported missing can submit DNA samples so authorities can cross-check the samples should they find more remains.

Four coroner's recovery teams were combing through the fire area Saturday. Honea said said one more team will be arriving on Sunday to help with the search of bodies.

The state Department of Justice has sent its DNA lab truck to Butte County and Chico State University's anthropology team, too, is assisting officials to identify the remains.

Since the fire started on Thursday, Honea said his office has received 508 calls from people reporting their loved ones missing. As of 3 p.m. Saturday, investigators still had 110 pending reports.

Honea cautioned some of those reports could be duplicates — different family members or friends asking about the same person.

The fire has destroyed 6,453 homes and wiped out another 260 commercial buildings as of Saturday. Another 15,000 structures remain threatened. Some 52,000 people have had to evacuate and seek shelter.

With evacuation centers at capacity, officials have seen makeshift shelters pop up at churches and other organizations.

Honea was heartened by the outpouring but encouraged those organizers to register their shelters with the Butte County Emergency Operations Center, so officers can cross-check the names of the fire survivors who are at those shelters.

Trump's tweet draws criticism

Meanwhile, President Trump set off a firestorm of criticism when he threatened in a tweet to withhold federal payments to California because its forest management is "so poor."

Trump tweeted "there is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly fires in California."

"Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests. Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!" Trump said.

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The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight)(Photo: Hung T. Vu)

The president showed empathy later in the day with another tweet, saying: “Our hearts are with those fighting the fires, the 52,000 who have evacuated, and the families of the 11 who have died."

"God Bless them all," he tweeted from Paris where he’s at celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the conclusion of World War I.

Rep. Doug LaMalfa, whose district has suffered massive losses from the fire, responded to Trump.

“Lack of forest management has been a long-time frustration, but threats about funding when we need help isn’t going to address our dire needs or speed the process,” said LaMalfa, R-Richvale.

“Right now, we need to pull together as a country and community to help each other. We can deal with fixing policy soon,” LaMalfa added.

LaMalfa said everyone knows there are problems with forest management, typically on federal lands but also “on the state regulatory and litigation level,” the congressman said.

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The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight)(Photo: Hung T. Vu)

This summer LaMalfa took the secretaries of Interior and Agriculture on a tour of areas burned in the Carr Fire in Shasta County. He says he plans to invite them back to witness the aftermath of the Camp Fire.

The president of the California Professional Firefighters organization also weighed in about Trump's tweeting.

"The president’s message attacking California and threatening to withhold aid to the victims of the cataclysmic fires is Ill-informed, ill-timed and demeaning to those who are suffering as well as the men and women on the front lines," Brian K. Rice said.

"At a time when our every effort should be focused on vanquishing the destructive fires and helping the victims, the president has chosen instead to issue an uninformed political threat aimed squarely at the innocent victims of these cataclysmic fires," Rice added.

The California Professional Firefighters organization represents more than 30,000 firefighters and paramedics in the state.

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Well inside the evacuation zone surrounding the California town of Paradise, resident Chris Jones thanks a Butte County sheriff's deputy for the work she and other first responders are doing. Jones is one of the few still living inside the evacuation zone. Sam Gross, Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal

Tom Witherspoon, a nurse in Chico, California, chose to stay and protect his home in Butte Creek Canyon, about 6 miles southwest of Paradise, during the Nov. 8, 2018, Camp Fire. His house was well prepared to withstand the flames and survived, but many of his neighbors were not so lucky. Sam Gross, Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal

Rhys and Valerie Owen of Paradise, California, stand in the front yard of their home, which narrowly escaped the Camp Fire. Flames spared little on the property, but the home, barn and chicken coop are still standing. Sam Gross, Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal

Rhys Owen surveys the destruction at the edge of his property near Paradise, California. His house survived, but the flames consumed many of his neighbors’ homes. Sam Gross, Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal

Top officials from the California Highway Patrol and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection embark on a tour of the Camp Fire's devastated areas on Tuesday morning. CHP Valley Division

Firefighter Clayton Mazzaglia looks into a control burn used to help fight the Camp Fire Near Bloomer Hill in Butte County in California on Nov. 14. 2018. Thomas Hawthorne, Thomas Hawthorne/USA TODAY NETWORK

Firefighter Brandon Feller looks into a control burn used to help fight the Camp Fire Near Bloomer Hill in Butte County in California on Nov. 14. 2018. Feller was burned in a fire earlier in the year and after being cleared for medical leave returned to work at the Camp Fire. Thomas Hawthorne/USA TODAY NETWORK

Firefighter Ross Miller fires an incendiary round into a fire line in the Camp Fire as part of a control burn Near Bloomer Hill in Butte County in California on Nov. 14, 2018. Thomas Hawthorne/USA TODAY NETWORK

Firefighter Ross Miller fires an incendiary round into a fire line in the Camp Fire as part of a control burn Near Bloomer Hill in Butte County in California on Nov. 14, 2018. Thomas Hawthorne/USA TODAY NETWORK

Firefighter Alanzo Smithn(right) sits in a truck waiting to get his next orders to help in fighting the Camp Fire on Nov. 12, in Butte Valley, Calif. Thomas Hawthorne, Thomas Hawthorne/USA TODAY NETWORK

Milynn Pirro, left, and her son, Chris Rathja, wait in the parking lot of the La Quinta Inn & Suites in Redding on Monday. The family was displaced by the Camp Fire in Butte County and had to come to Shasta County to find lodging. David Benda/Record Searchlight

The charred frames of chairs still sit in the rubble of the Rock House, Dining & Espresso restaurant on Highway 70 by Yankee Hill. The Camp Fire swept through the area Thursday and burned most of the restaurant to the ground. Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. This is the Skyway. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. This is Clark Road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. this was at a school. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. This was a school building. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

A building from Paradise Unified School was burned down in Paradise as seen from Pearson Rd.
The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. These are the ruins from a school building on Pearson Road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. This is a view of structures on Pearson Road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. These cars were at the Super Shopper Auto. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. This Jeep burned up in the Edward Jones parking lot. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on roads. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

The Northern California town of Paradise was burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

A service dog provides assistance Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, the day after the Camp Fire destroyed parts of Butte County, California. The fire flattened much of the town of Paradise on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Trevor Hughes

John Simon , former battalion chief of Paradise Fire Department, worked Friday as a volunteer searching for pets displaced by the Camp Fire. The fire, which started in Butte County on Thursday Nov. 8, 2018, swiftly devastated Paradise, California. Benjamin Spillman

In this image provided by NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), smoke from the Camp Fire can seen spreading across northern California on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Courtesy of NASA

A Cupertino firefighter puts out flames early Friday morning at a house along Oak Ridge Drive in the Skansen subdivision by the Skyway in Paradise. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

A Cupertino firefighter puts out flames early Friday morning at a house along Oak Ridge Drive in the Skansen subdivision by the Skyway in Paradise. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

A Cupertino firefighter puts out flames early Friday morning at a house along Oak Ridge Drive in the Skansen subdivision by the Skyway in Paradise. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

A Cupertino firefighter puts out flames early Friday morning, Nov. 9, 2018 at a home along Oak Ridge Drive in the Skansen subdivision by the Skyway in Paradise. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight) Hung T. Vu

Firefighters battle the Camp Fire as it tears through Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Tens of thousands of people fled a fast-moving wildfire Thursday in Northern California, some clutching babies and pets as they abandoned vehicles and struck out on foot ahead of the flames that forced the evacuation of an entire town and destroyed hundreds of structures. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) ORG XMIT: CANB133 Noah Berger, AP

epaselect epa07152472 Fire rages through neighborhoods as the Camp Fire burns out of control through Paradise, fueled by high winds in Butte County, California, USA, 08 November 2018. The nearby communities of Pulga, Paradise and Concow, have been ordered to evacuate the area. EPA-EFE/PETER DASILVA ORG XMIT: PDS01 PETER DASILVA, EPA-EFE

The massive plume from the Camp Fire, burning in the Feather River Canyon and near Paradise, wafts over the Sacramento Valley as seen from Chico on Thursday morning. (David Little -- Enterprise-Record) David Little/Chico Enterprise-Record

Jon Trojanowski, a volunteer with North Valley Animal Disaster Group, walks his Malamue-Lab mix Lexi.
Trojanowski lost his home in the Camp Fire but remained on task volunteering to help aid and rescue animals endangered by the fire. Benjamin Spillman

Volunteer Lori Finch on Nov. 10, 2018 greets a baby donkey on a farm in an area that was evacuated because of the Camp Fire. Finch was able to provide the donkey, several goats, pigs and llamas food and water. Benjamin Spillman

Fire officials said engines and crews will be “pre-positioned in pre-identified locations in anticipation of the wind event.”

Meanwhile, firefighters were continuing to patrol Paradise, Concow and Magalia.

The fire's cause officially remains under investigation although authorities are looking into whether downed power lines near Paradise played a factor.

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The Northern California town of Paradise was a burned ghost town on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, a day after the Camp Fire swept through. Most of the businesses on the Skyway were destroyed. Some schools were burned out. People escaping the fire abandoned their cars on the road. (Hung T. Vu/Special to the Record Searchlight)(Photo: Hung T. Vu)

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey told the Chico Enterprise-Record that his office has spoken to Cal Fire officials about preserving the fire scene for a possible criminal investigation.

Ramsey also told the paper he did not have information that the Camp Fire was intentionally set.

The Butte County Sheriff's Office on Saturday afternoon upgraded its evacuation warning to an evacuation order for areas about 15 miles southeast of Paradise where the huge wildfire was moving toward Lake Oroville.